Jim Broadbent Cast As Horace Slughorn In Harry Potter 6

Jim Broadbent Cast As Horace Slughorn In Harry Potter 6
Posted on September 17th, 2007 at 8:19 pm by Editor

In an interview with Dark Horizons actor Jim Broadbent confirms that he has been cast as Horace Slughorn in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Broadbent: Yeah I had basically three months in Lincolnshire in the summer and suddenly now I’m back on the rollercoaster again and I’ve got to finish off Indiana Jones next month and I’ve got a bit on Young Victoria and it’s all been sort of stacking up and then I’m doing Harry Potter.

Question: Who are you?

Broadbent: Who am I? He’s called Horace Slughorn. He’s a retired teacher of magic who’s drawn back out of retirement because he’s got some secrets they need in the battle against the Deatheaters and he’s quite star struck as a teacher and he’s drawn back into the fold because he likes to notch up celebrity students, and he’s drawn back by Harry.

Question: Is he a comic character?

Broadbent: He is quite a comic character, yes. I haven’t started yet. I’ve had endless costume fittings and makeup and …

Question: What kind of costumes?

Broadbent: Tweedy sort of things with a bit of padding. He’s an older man, I’m aging up again.

Question: Have you read the book?

Broadbent: Yep, yep, yep. I haven’t read them all but I’ve read mine.